Question

How does ferrel heady rationalize the three stages of development in comparative administration​

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Explanation:

Comparative public administration gained prominence as a separate field of inquiry in the 1950's. Emerging developing countries post world war II, implementation difficulties faced in Marshall plan and concerted effort by Comparative Administrative Group (CAG) supported generously by ford foundation all spurred its growth.

Ferrel Heady has rationalized the development of comparative administration in following ways:-

Stage I - Institutionalism

It seems organisation as a social construct of rules, norms, expected behaviour. In this approach, the focus of the comparative administration is limited to the study of the institution in the developed countries. And the study of the administration following the Weberian bureaucracy.

Stage II - Structural-Functional Approach

It sought to correct the issues in institutional approaches such as lack of development roadmap and narrow perspective. Riggs, through his Prismatic Sala model, said that development can be achieved by greater differentiation, of functions and corresponding structures, and subsequent integration.

In this approach, the administrative system and approach of developing countries also included in the comparative administration. The studied in developing countries are focussed toward the rapid socio-economic development.

Stage III - Middle Range theory building

In an attempt to propose a grand theory CAG under the leadership of Riggs lost its relevance. Middle range theory building emerged as the answer to grand theory building. Instead of a grand theory, it attempts to compare governments at all levels. With the globalisation, the interdependency between the state is increased and the interaction between the people and the administration is also increased with the decentralisation. In this approach, the focus is on the comparative study of the subnational and supranational institution. for example the healthcare model of Gujarat and health care model of Kerala.

In this way, Ferrel Heady rationalised about the three stage of the development of the comparative study. The role of comparative study in public administration is huge, it widens the scope of the public administration.